TORONTO, March 8 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar hit a
one-week high on Friday after much better-than-expected jobs
growth in February in both Canada and its main trading partner,
the United States, before pulling back to end the session little
changed.

Analysts said the close below C$1.03 to the greenback
nonetheless signaled a technical victory for the loonie, as
Canada's currency is colloquially known, after several failed
attempts to breach C$1.0350, which would have been its weakest
level since mid-2012.

Canada added almost 51,000 jobs in February, with strong
gains in services industries that vaulted the total well past
the 8,000 additions expected by analysts surveyed by Reuters.
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